Reducing Your Property Insurance Premium

Simple tips can help you save

Most people would like to get the best deal they can, and today many insurers offer different types of discounts or other incentives. But there are also other simple steps you can take that may help to lower your premium.

Here are a few ideas that could help you save on insurance, along with a look at various discounts you may be eligible for.

All of these things are good reasons to consider increasing or decreasing your coverage.

Find out if your insurer automatically increases your policy limit annually to reflect inflation. The increased limit may not be necessary, if you determine that your coverage requirements have decreased.

Don’t include the market price of the land in the total insured value of your home. Your insured property does not include the underlying land. Your home should be insured for the replacement cost (what it would cost to rebuild). Otherwise, you could be paying higher premiums for nothing.

Consider increasing your deductible

A simple way to reduce your insurance premiums is to increase your deductible, based on what you’re sure you can afford to pay if something happens suddenly and you have to make a claim.

Ask yourself how much you can realistically afford to spend unexpectedly.

Based on that figure, you can decide on the maximum deductible you would be prepared to pay if you need to make a claim.

Always compare

When it’s time to renew your coverage, it always pays to compare.

Just remember that all policies are not equal: look carefully at the price, coverage, dollar limitations and service.

Discounts and incentives

Make sure to look into discounts, whether you’re buying a new policy or renewing an existing one. Here are some discounts and incentives to ask about:

Property and automobile insurance: we offer a multi-product discount if you buy both home and auto insurance from us.